Manual Updating of Support Files

CAS
provides two methods of manually updating those files for customers who
cannot use Automatic Updating. Both manual methods provide the same
files as Automatic Updating; the difference is in how the files are installed.
The installers for both methods plus documentation can be obtained
from the License and Download site.

Using the ZIP file method:

This method
can be used for STN Express 8.4 and later releases. It does not
require administrator privileges. It will update the Support Files
in a single user’s My Documents\STN Express 8.x/Data folder.

Finding the path to your \Data folder:

•
You can find the location of your Data folder by looking in the STN Express
General Preferences.

•
Start STN Express, then click on Setup>Preferences>General.

•
To find the \Data folder, take the path in the User Scripts: field and
replace \Uscripts with \Data.

To update the Support Files using the ZIP file:

1.
Download the file SupportFiles.zip
from the STN Express License and Download site.

2.
Open the ZIP file with WinZip or any comparable file extraction tool.

3.
Extract the files to the My Documents\STN Express 8.x\Data folder, overwriting
the files of the same names in that folder.

4.
Exit the file extraction program.

5.
Delete the file SupportFiles.zip.

The updated
Support Files are now ready for use and will be in effect when you next
run STN Express.

Using the EXE file method:

This method
can be used for STN Express 8.4 or later releases. It requires administrator
privileges to run the installer; however, once the installer has finished,
then a normal user level login will complete the update process for individual
users of STN Express.

This program
updates the Support Files in the shared template file location created
by the STN Express installer

The next time
any user on this computer runs STN Express, STN Express will copy the
updated Support Files to that user’s personal folders in My Documents\STN
Express 8.x\Data, completing the automatic support file update process
(you will see a brief advisory message box that files are being updated).

To update the
Support Files using the EXE file:

1.
Exit STN Express.

2.
Download the file SupportFiles.exe
from the STN Express License and Download site.

3.
Run the executable file with administrator privileges (use Run as if your
login ID does not have administrator privileges), then click Setup.

4.
The Welcome screen will display. Click Next.

5.
The target location for the updates is displayed. This will be the
shared location. Do not change this. Click Next.